Feb. 10, 2012
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
michael.curie@nasa.gov
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-027
STATION ASTRONAUTS CAPTURE STUNNING VIEWS OF U.S., CANADA, NORTHERN LIGHTS
HOUSTON -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently
filmed what is among the most spectacular night imagery ever taken
from space of the United States. The video, comprised of hundreds of
sequential still images, will air on NASA Television's video file
beginning today.
The imagery also is available on the internet at NASA's Gateway to
Astronaut Photography of Earth:
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Taken between Jan. 29-Feb. 3, the images show a continent ablaze with
light, from the electric glow of hundreds of cities to a spectacular
aurora borealis flickering on the northern horizon. The video
includes flights above Mexico showing the entire Gulf Coast and
continuing the length of the East Coast. Other video capture scenes
from Brownsville, Texas, to the Great Lakes and above the St.
Lawrence Seaway. Still another sequence begins in the western U.S.
and continues across the Great Plains.
New imagery also shows the aurora during flights above Canada. The
imagery was taken using a still camera aboard the station, orbiting
240 miles above Earth. For more about the International Space
Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For NASA Television schedules, downlink information and streaming
video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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